[Closed] What tyre combo do you run?

Shorty front, Smorg rear. 29er.

Front - Chunky Monkey
Rear - Smorgasbord

Forekaster front and rear.

Kenda Juggernaut front, Geax Saguaro rear 😀

On my Enduro Sled, i run a Vertstar Magic Mary on the front, and Trailstar Hans Dampf on the back.

Prefers going downhill...... 😉

Off trend, 29x2.2" Mountain King IIs front and rear.

Jumbo Jim 4.4 front and rear
Rapid rob 35c front and rear
Butcher / purgatory 26 x 2.3 front and rear

Shorty 2.5 and dhr2 2.3 29ers on the Remedy
Minion 4.8s on the Dune

2.3 Purgatory Control Front, 2.3 Ground Control Grid rear. 29er hardtail.

Front: Magic Mary
Rear: Hans Dampf

(on an Orange Five)

On my fs it's Conti Mountain Kings 2.4 width 650b with black chilli compound.

On the hardtail it's the cheapest Schwalbe Black Jacks they make. Fine on the road, awful if you show them a root or rock that is damp.

9/10 Butcher grid on front.
For rear, HR2, Purg grid, Slaughter grid, Vee Crown F. As long as the rear is tough and not too draggy.

Ti 29erHT - Magic Mary/ Smorgasbord (Michelin mud r soon!)

Heckler 26er Alps bike Chunky Monkey/Smorgasbord

All tubeless.

At the moment:
Front: Minion DHF 2.3 EXO
Rear: Ardent 2.4 EXO

But usually:
Front: Minion DHF 2.3 EXO
Rear: Minion DHF 2.3 EXO

And ocassionally:
Front: Magic Mary SG
Rear: Magic Mary SG

Minion 2.5WT 3c front
Minion 2.5WT Dual rear

Will run a Minion SS or Crossmark rear from the Soring

Front Minion 2.3 exo
Rear Aggressor 2.3 exo

XC 29'er FS: Vittoria 2.25 Barzo TNT front / 2.25 Mezcal TNT rear.

Fattie: 4.0" Schwalbe Jumbo Jim TLE front & rear

CX: 32mm Vittoria XL TNT front & rear.

Road: 25mm Vittoria Rubino Pro Graphene front & rear

Magic Mary front and Minion DHF rear

WTB Vigilante 2.4 f&r.

Front, Magic Mary, Rear, Vigilante, both pumped up way too hard.

Depends on the conditions. Most of the read a slaughter on the rear with either a bonty XR4, HR2 2.4 or a baron 2.4 BC on the front. Got a HR2 on the rear at the mo, good in everything bar slop.

Minion dhr2 exo maxxgrip F&R 27.5 setup tubeless

FS: DHF 2.5WT, DHR II 2.4WT
HT: High roller 2.35, Rocket Ron 2.25

All tubeless of course.

Chunky monkey front, minion dhf rear at the moment.
A shorty / dhr2 co at some point

Maxxis mammoths 4"
Small block 8s 29x2.1
Small block 8s 700c x35
Fat Albert 26 x 2.4 , Smorgasbord 26 x 2.35?

On my Hummingbird, Chunky Monkey front and rear at the minute, but usually Smorg rear.
Same on my Alpitude.

On my Liteville 301, 2.5" Maxxis DHF Super Tacky and 2.4" DHR2.

On my Pitch I currently have a Shorty at both ends.
And the C456 has Butcher fr and Purgatory rear.

Winter. Butcher Grid front, Purgatory Grid rear.

Rest of the year. Butcher Grid front, Slaughter Grid rear.

Reign: Minion dhf/Minion dhf, Shorty goes on the front if riding muddy/steap trails after its rained.

Smuggler: Minion Dhf/minion dhf for trail riding, xr3/xr3 for local midweek xc rides.

Magic Mary front and Minion dhr2 on the full suss and rock razor front & rear on my hardtail. Currently use both like that all year round.

XR4 front XR3 rear

Right now shorty front and rear as its pretty minging out there.... Other 3 seasons hr2 3c terra thing in 2.4 guise.

Rock'R front
Chunky Monkey rear

Great drifting fun!

chunky front smorg rear (29erHT) spot on
pro4endurance front gatorskin rear (fixed commuter) love the pro4 very grippy and good protection, gators aren't so bad on the rear at 6bar
lithion2 front&rear (roadbike) they are rubbish need replacing

Those using Butcher up front, do you find them draggy ? I used to use Purgatory front and rear on my soul for a few years and swopped to butcher on front this summer. Loads of grip but mighty slow for general xc stuff IMO.

sticky german rubber queens on the solo in 2,2 flavour. the tandem gets swapped around depending what we are doing. 2.4 sticky german rubber queen front / 2.2 non sticky rear for trail centres, larsens for all round riding, hi rollers for out in the wilds / wet, larsen / high roller are dual ply rear. Crossroads for touring

Currently on a change from my normal Maxxis..

WTB Convict 27.5" x 2.5" light/high grip front,
Vigilante 26" x 2.3" tough/fast rear.

26"
Front: Minion DHF EXO 2.5 super tacky
Rear: Schwalbe Rock Razor 2.35

Prob time to change to
Front: Minion DHF EXO 2.5 super tacky
Rear: Minion DHF EXO 2.5 60a

F: WTB Convict 2.5 Light high grip
R: WTB Breakout 2.5 Tough fast rolling

Keen to try the new Butcher/Slaughter Grid 2.6 when it dries out next year!

Front: Maxxis Minion DHF 27.5 x 2.5 WT TR
Back: Maxxis Minion DHRII 27.5 x2.4 WT TR

Running on IBIS 741 rims.

Usually...
Front: High Roller 2 2.4 Exo 3C
Rear: Minion DHR2 2.3 Exo Dual

Filth... (new experiment)
Front: Shorty 2.5 Exo 3C
Rear: Shorty 2.3 Exo 3C

Dry & Hard...
Front: Minion DHR2 2.3 Exo 3C
Rear: Minion SS 2.3 Exo Dual

On Flow EX rims. Really really like the HR2 2.4 / DHR2 2.3 combo.

650b FS: Hans Dampf 2.35 / Rock Razor 2.35
29er HT: Xking 2.2 F/R
B+ rigid SS: Trailblazer 2.8 F/R

I feel totally out of place amongst everyone else posting gnartastic tyres.

On my Enduro Sled, i run a Vertstar Magic Mary on the front, and Trailstar Hans Dampf on the back.

Prefers going downhill......

Ive got a Magic Mary on the front of my 29er Anthem, but still have a racing Ralph on the back, which seems to work so far. I tend to head for the firmer/drier uphill trails in winter. Will check out the Hans Dampf though as two of you have mentioned it with a front MM.

Full sus Front:27.5 x 2.4 Chunky monkey winter, Summer Ardent 2.4.
Rear :27.5 x 2.3 Purgatory, winter and summer.
29er hardtail F&R Bonty xr3 team 2.30
26er hardtail Front Maxxis Ardent 2.25
Rear Maxxis Crossmark 2.25

Hardtail: Ardent/Beaver or Ardent/Crossmark
Full Suss: Hans Dampf/Beaver or Ikon/Crossmark
Cross: 35c CX-Kings or 40c Gravel Roads
Road: 32c Gravel Kings or 32c Ultrasports

29" Bontrager XR4/XR3 team issue for rough stuff
29" Bontrager XR2/XR1 team issue for fast rolling XC stuff
WTB Bridger 3.0/WTB Trailblazer 2.8 for the B+ wheelset.

Fat bike: 45Nrth Husker Dus for summer, 45Nrth Vanhelgas for winter.

soul26 here mostly, although I have recently built up a steel 29er. My choice is purg/purg - this was intially down to cost as they are usually a bit cheaper than most other tyres BUT I find them really good, plenty of grip and great rolling resistance on roads and hardpack. They are mostly useless in gopping wet mud though, so just pedal pedal pedal slip slide wooeeeee.

Currently racing ralphs, but after mondays spin and slide fest will be changing before my next ride, either to rocket rons, or going whole hog and putting beavers on as its bound to bucket down for the next few months.

Front: Minion DHF 3C EXO TR
Rear: High Roller II EXO TR

Magic Mary front

Hans Dampf rear

Butcher front
Purgatory rear

HT Vigilante 26x2.3 / Purgatory 26x2.3
Small FS Butcher 27.5x2.3 / Purgatory 27.5x2.3
Big FS DHF 3C EXO 27.5x2.3 / DHR2 3C EXO 27.5x2.3

iainc - Member
Those using Butcher up front, do you find them draggy ?

27.5 Minion DHF 3C EXO TR 2.3 front and rear

Before running the Butcher/Purgatory I had Purgatory/Ground Control on during the early summer. That was a less draggy combo, though how much that was down to the Butcher on the front or the change in rear tyre I can't say, as I swapped them both at the same time. For the riding I do I prefer the extra grip/confidence of the Butcher/Purgatory for little extra drag. For long XC type rides the Purgatory/Purgatory or Purgatory/Ground Control would be a bit faster rolling.

The Minions on the new big FS are certainly more draggy, but at that is probably mostly down to the DHR2 3C on the rear.

TL:DR Yeh a little more than the Purgatory, but not massively so, but don't think I'm overly sensitive to drag on a front tyre.

iainc - Member
Those using Butcher up front, do you find them draggy ?

TBH I found them a bit lacking in grip for front use, rather than draggy, I'd like a softer compound. They're fast rolling for what they are, faster than obvious comparison the Minion frinstance, so draggy or not'll mostly depend on what you want them to do.

I used the Control as a rear for years and never considered it draggy.

Maxis FBF / FBR
Surley Nates front and rear
Full suss: Nobbiy nicks and Hans Damf both ends
Tranny's are both Racing Ralph

depends

HR2 somethingorother F/R on the Rocket
HR2 or Nobby Nics F/R on the Soul depending on which wheelset
ContiCX on the CX bike

all tubed
by rights I should have had 1000000 punctures by now and the NN's looking like a 100 year old frayed ragdoll
not used the NN/RR F/R combo for a while since that went out of fashion

27.5x2.4 3C HRII F&R on the Nomad, tubeless
27.5x2.35 3C HRII F, 2.25 Ardent R on the 5010, tubeless
27.5x3 purgatory control F Ground control control R on the levo FSR, tubeless
26x4.6 Ground control F&R on the fatboy, tubed.
25mm GP4000s on road bikes x2

29ers

Full suss - E13 TRS Race front / TRS+ rear
Hardtail - Bonty SE4 Team Issues f/r

29'ers:

Short travel FS - work my way down this order swapping front for rear depending on conditions and what I'm riding:
Shorty 2.3, Forekaster 2.35, Ikon 2.35, Ikon 2.2, Ikon 2.2

HT - my race bike, so:
Beaver 2.0 F&R, Rons F&R 2.0, Ikon 2.2 F&R

EDIT - Also have a pair of Trail Kings which I throw into the mix occasionally.

Orange Crush - 650b 2.3 HR2 front, Minion 2.3 DHR2 rear
Capra - 650b 2.3 Shorty front, Minion 2.3 DHR2 rear
Sometimes pop a Mavic Charge on the front of the Capra.

Front: DHF EXO 2.5, Rear: Ardent EXO 2.25 or DHF EXO 2.5.

Minion DHF 3C Exo TR 2.8 front and Rekon Exo TR 2.8 Rear on the HT

2.5 3c WT DHF or Shorty front, 3c DHR2 or Silkworm SS rear on the full suss, and a DD Aggressor on the spare wheel for uplift days

Shorty 2.3 3c 650b front and DHR2 3c rear,will swap out the shorty and try a Vigilante my mate gave me once the weather drys out,so probably get a week on it before I'm back on the Shorty

High Roller II 3C Exo 2.35 on the front
Ardent 3C Exo 2.4 on the back

Might put the HRII on the back and a Minion DHR on the front.

650b

Been running Conti Projekt Der Barons since June and have been amazing especizlly in wet rooty conditions

Was previously running butchers and mountain kings

High Roller II 3C Exo 2.35 on the front

This doesn't actually exist - but magazine make the same mistake! 😉

The old High Roller came in 2.35 (and 2.1 and 2.5 and 2.7).

The High Roller 2 comes in 2.3 and 2.4 - the latter has much bigger knobs, the carcass isn't much bigger - and is a much overlooked front tyre because most only use the 2.3 which isn't half as grippy.

Front: Minion DHF 2.5WT EXO
Rear: Ardent Race 2.35 EXO

Dhf front and Nobby Nic on the back of the big FS at the moment.

HT has a pair of geax aka which I really need to change as they are shit in the mud. Will change to HR's, super tacky front and some other HR on the back, as it's what I have in the garage.

Conti cx speed on the gnarmac bike.

Hans dampf trailstar front pacestar rear
Racing Ralph pacestar pair
Maxxis dy-no-mite eXCeption series pair
Maxxis high roller eXCeption type-R pair

Also have a pair of tioga blue dragon and a pair of specialised enduro sat in the shed doing nothing for now.

Right now - ss with a 2.3 ground control front and 2.2 saguaro rear.

This time of year, a pair of Vigilantes- tough grippy one on the front and tough fast one out back.

Less sloppy weather, tough fast Trailboss out back.

Fatty is running a pair of Nates...

Trying a Magic Mary/Hans Damph on the Fuel EX when in 29er form, currently just have the stock 2.8 Chupacabras on the B+ wheels, though on the look out for something a bit more winter friendly!

Hardtail is currently on XR3 front and rear, though may swap them soon. Not sure if I will just recycle something I have (Mountain Kings, Nobby Nics or Chunky/Smorg) or get something new!

Maxxis FBF, FBR 🙂

I was running a Specialized Butcher front and Slaughter rear but found them to be a false economy as they buckle too easily and often just taking them on and off for repairs. Great performance though especially the Butcher. I did find the Slaughter spinning out on wet steps etc during the winter.

Now running Mavic Charge and Quest XL pro at 2.4 wide. The Quest is great as a rear tyre, a lot like the Slaughter but with the extra grip down the middle to stop it spinning out. I am finding they wear out quickly. The Charge is OK but not as good as the Butcher and needs to be run at lower PSi's otherwise it's too narrow on it's grip and can slip from under you.

The Butcher up front and the Quest at the rear would be a great combo, but without the false economy and wear issues.

Looking at the Maxxis Aggressor next as a rear tyre. Mate has it and it looks like it might fit the bill.

On the jeffsy - trailstar magic mary front, pacestar nobby nic rear.

Stick another mary in the back for uplifts.

Stick a rock razor in the back when it dries up.

At the moment I've got Maxxis Ardent on the front and their Ikon on the rear. Both in skinwall 8)

Considering using the race versions of these in summer as I've been impressed with them so far.

Front Nobby Nic rear Specialized Fastrek or Captain